Into the Fields Fellowship

Increasing farmworkers' access to healthcare

The Into the Fields Fellowship is a 5 month leadership development program for college students and recent graduates to improve farmworkers’ access to healthcare as well as advocate for improved living and working conditions. Fellows work directly with rural health clinics in North Carolina, providing health education, case management, and interpretation for farmworkers. Application Deadline: February 10, 2020.

"The issues farmworkers face are all public health concerns and I want to be part of the change to better these hardworking individual's lives. It’s so crazy to me that the people who feed this country are the ones who struggle the most.”– Jessica Rodriguez, 2017 SAF Fellow